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2 Sheets-Sheet 1.

(No Model.)

J. STEPHENS.

DRAWER.

No.'280,41 :2. PatentedJulyjS, 1888.

m S S E m I W (No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 2. J. STEPHENS."

DRAWER.

Patented July 3, 1883.

JV VEJV T 0115 .dltorneys UNITED STAT PATENT. ()FFICE.

J. F. LINDLEY, JR.

, OF SAME PLACE.

D R-AWER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 280,412, dated July 3, 1ess Application filed March 29, 1883.

To a whom, it may concern: Be it known that I, JAMES STErHENs, a citizen of the United States, residing at \Vashington, in the county of Daviess and State of 5 Indiana, have invented a new and useful Drawer, of which the following is a specificati on, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to drawers especially adapted for depositing money, and it has for its object to provide safe, convenient, and efficient means for making change, as it is called, whereby the operator can perform this action with ease and rapidity.

To this end my invention consists in certain improvements in the construction and combr nation of devices, as will be hereinafter fully set forth and claimed.

In 'the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a perspective view of my moneydrawe r, one of the crank-levers being shown as turned down in the act of makingchange. Fig. 2 represents a perspective view from the back, the casing being partly removed, show- '25 ing the interior arrangement, and the parts being shown in the locked position. Fig. 3

represents a vertical longitudinal section of the same. Fig. 4 represents a transverse vertical section through the coin-receiving chambers. Fig. 5 represents a detail view of the device for locking-the levers and sounding the alarm.

Similar letters refer to correspon ding parts in all the figures.

Referring to the drawings, A designates a suitable casing provided at the front end with a box, 13, which is divided into any number of chambers or compartments, (1, of varying size. Said chambers are provided with openings a, 40 extending from the bottom of said chamber through the box B to the front thereof, and said openings are of such awidth as to permit the passage of only one coin at a time, At the top of the box a series of hoppers, b, formed in acontinuous cap-piece, are secured thereto,

so as to register with each chamber or compartment. The exit-openings of said hoppers are also of varying size, and by this means coins of larger diameter than any opening will not be permitted to passthrough the same.

These openings and the chambers are made of (N0 model.)

such varying sizes as to permit the insertion of the silver dollar, half-dollar, quarter-dollar, dime, nickel, three-cent piece, and pennies,

and the front of the box or chambers is made of glass, metal, or wood, as found desirable. The hoppers I) have inscribed thereon the names of the denomination of coin intended to be placed in each, and the front of the box, nearthe openings a, is inscribed with similar names, so as to indicate what value of coin should come out of each opening.

0 designates a series ofspools or reels, which revolve independently of each other on a rod,

7, journaled in plates 0*, secured to the back of the box B. Rods or equivalent devices 0, secured to the back of the box, separate the spools or reels from each other and permit a slight lateral movement only of the said spools 0n the rod. A series of crank-levers, D, hav- 7o ing handles D, extend through passages (1, formed in the partitions that separate the coiircompartments from one another. Stops d d are secured to the back of the box B, and are arranged to limit the upward and down- 7 5 ward movement of the end D of said cranklevers. Straps d are attached to said ends, then pass under spools C to the levers E, and are connected to the latter. The said levers E are journaled 011 a rod, F, at the bottom-of the casing, so as to allow the front ends of the levers to move freely forward in slots 6, formed in the part A of the casin g A. Springs G are attached to the levers E, and to the casing, and are so arranged as to give force to the backward movement of the levers. Pieces f are secured to the bottom of the casing, one on each side of the levers E, and prevent lateral displacement of the lower ends of the same.

'At the upper ends of the said levers E are at- 0 tached a series of rods, H, which are provided with shoes I, of aw'idth sufficient to enter slots 6 in the box 13. Said slots communicate with the coin-receiving compartments, and are on a level with the bottom of the said compart- 5 ments, and with the openings a of the same. By this arrangement a coin resting on the bot-' tom of any one of the compartments will be expelled through the opening a by the for-' ward movement of theshoes I, produced by the IOO means as stated.

Plates J J are attached to the part A of casing A, and a rod, K, is jouriialed in said plates, and provided with a suitable handle, K, and a fixed collar, is, the purpose of the latter being to prevent the lateral movement of the said rod. The plate J has a- U-shaped opening, j, so that the rod can readily be taken out of its journals. A series of arms, L, are secured on said rod, and when the handle is pushed down the said arms engage with the pointed upper ends of the levers E, and while in this position the levers cannot operate the shoes.

. About the middle of the rodK an arm, M, is secured. Said arm has one of its upper corners bent downward nearly at right angles to the main body of the said arm M, and when. the said rod K is moved forward out of the locked position the said bent corner strikes against the depending leg of rod N, which extends from the back of the box B. Vhen the leg is struck it is moved laterally by riding against the edges of the upper ends of the arm M, and by this movement the rod N is vibrated and strikes against a bell, 0, attached to the under side of the top 01' the casing, causing the said bell to ring. Several of these bells, with ringing devices therefor, can be added to the drawer, as may be found desirable.

The drawer l. in the bottom of the casing is intended for the reception of currency, bills, papers, &c. Recesses p are cut in the back part of said drawer, and are adapted to permit the free forward movement of the levers E.

The operation of my money-drawer can be readily understood from the foregoing description, taken in connection with the annexed drawings. Coins are deposited in the open ings of the hoppers, according to the value marked on the hoppers, and from thence pass to the coin-receiving chambers. When, in making change, the operator requires a certain coin, he presses on the handle of the crank-lever D, turning the same to the posi tion shown in Fig. 1.. By this movement the end D of said lever is brought upward, abutting against the stop (2, and carrying with it the strapd, which moves forward the lever E in the slots 0 of the casing. By the forward movement ofthelever the rod H and shoe I are pushed forward, the said shoe sliding through the slot in the box and pushing one coin only throughthe openings in the front of the box. This operation can be repeated until the de sired change is obtained.

\Vhen it is found desirable to lock the cranklevers to keep them from being operated, the

of the arm M striking against the leg of rod N,

causing the latter to vibrate against the bell. Thus the downward movement of the rod will readily lock the levers and prevent the withdrawal of any money, and the same cannot be unlocked without giving the alarm.

My device is simple and efficient, and can be manufactured at a very slight expense.

The coin-receiving chambers are made either roundor square, and the front of the chambers are made of either wood, glass, or metal, as preferred.

\Vhat I claim is- 1. In a money-drawer, the combination of the coin-receiving compartments, each provided with an opening, (1.", devices for expet ling the coin through said openings, a rod, K, having arms L, arranged to lock the said devices, and means for unlocking the rod from the exterior of the money-drawer, substantially as set forth.

2. In a money-drawer, the combination of the coin-receiving compartments of varying size, each provided with an opening, (1?, in the front portion of the same, devices for expel ling the coin through said openings, and mechanism for locking the said devices, said mechanism being provided with an alarm adapted to give notice of the unlocking of said devices, as set forth.

3. In a moneyxlrawer, the combination of the coin-receiving compartments of varying sizes, and provided with openings a, with crank-levers passing through the partitions of said compartments, spools or sleeves attached to the back of said compartments, levers E, moving at their upper ends in slots of the easing, straps for connecting the cranklevers with the levers E, and devices attached to said levers E for expelling the coin through the openings a", substantially as set forth.

4. In a money-drawer, the combination of the coin receiving compartments provided with openings (6 levers E, moving at their upper ends in slots of the casing, and connecting with devices for expelling the coin through the openings 0?, and crank-levers connecting wvith said levers E, as herein set forth.

5. Ina money-drawer, the combination of the coin-receiving compartments formed in a box, B, of the casing, openings at, spools or reels journaled in a rod attached to the back of said box, crank-levers passing through said box, levers E, journaled on a rod in the bottom of the casing and moving freely in the slots 0, shoes attached to said levers E and moving in the slots 13, and devices connecting the cranklevers with the levers .E, as set forth.

6. In a money-drawer, the combination of the coin-receiving compartments formed in a box, 13, of the casing, openings (1., a rod joun naled to the back of said box, carrying spools or reels G, crank-levers passing through said box, levers E, journaled on a rod at the bottom ofthe casing, and having springs G, said levers E moving freely at their upper ends in slots 6 of easing A, rods connected to said levers, and carrying shoes I, straps passing aim-4m 3 under the spools and connecting the cranklevers with-the levers E, and devices for lock ing the levers E, as set forth.

7. In a money-drawer, the combination of the series of coinreceiving compartments formed in a box, B, of the casing, openings of,

a rod journaled to the back of said box, and

carrying spools or reels 0, crank-levers passing through said box, levers E, journaled on a rod at the bottom of the casing, and having springs G, said levers moving freely at their upper ends in slots e of the casing, rods H,co11- nected to said levers E, and carrying shoes I,

which work in 'slots 2', straps passing under the spools and connecting the crank-levers with the levers E, and devices for locking the levers E, said devices being provided with an alarm 'adaptedto give notice of the unlocking of the said-lever, as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as niy own Ihave hereto affixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JAMES STEPHENS.

\Vitnesses:

JAMEs M. BARR, JAMEs F. LINDLEY, Jr. 

